Test agents (sub-MICs) | Percentage of cell surface hydrophobicity | ||||
S. epidermidis MTCC435 | S. auricularis (SU-01) | S. aureus MTCC3160 | S. sciuri (SC-01) | S. mutans MTCC497 | |
1) Untreated control | 66.97 ± 1.26a | 88.50 ± 1.80a | 70.13 ± 1.89a | 72.75 ± 2.14a | 68.06 ± 1.75a |
2) Clove oil | |||||
0.50 × MIC | 37.16 ± 1.09c | 62.31 ± 0.91c | 41.32 ± 1.41c | 51.20 ± 3.61c | 50.58 ± 1.39b |
0.25 × MIC | 48.34 ± 0.92b | 82.48 ± 0.80b | 49.86 ± 0.80b | 62.69 ± 0.65b | 66.11 ± 1.74a |
3) Eugenol | |||||
0.50 × MIC | 12.91 ± 1.48c | 11.46 ± 1.15c | 18.11 ± 2.24c | 11.17 ± 0.33c | 8.28 ± 1.71c |
0.25 × MIC | 41.52 ± 0.56b | 16.10 ± 0.93b | 38.77 ± 0.33b | 15.73 ± 0.31b | 37.00 ± 0.48b |
4) Antibiotic | |||||
0.50 × MIC | 43.31 ± 0.22c | 49.64 ± 1.07c | 50.33 ± 1.26c | 59.16 ± 0.55b | 56.32 ± 1.37b |
0.25 × MIC | 49.06 ± 0.81b | 76.64 ± 0.71b | 66.4 ± 0.83b | 74.28 ± 0.64a | 67.13 ± 1.14a |